Agg!! *attempts to pull hair out* I just read over chapter seven, and there are a ton of mistakes!! I'm so sorry! I was really tired when I wrote it. I was busy all day that day, and now my back hurts….But I'm trying to get some chapters out before testing starts even though I'm supposed to be working on a project right now! *teehee* This chapter is dedicated to Baakthatsthenoiseachickenmakes, and to Someoneyoudon'tknowprobably! Thanks for the reviews!
--
--
--
The wind felt good on my face. I was so glad to be out of there, leaving all of my worries behind me. Jeez, what was I thinking? I just freaking blew my cover! We were supposed to be relaxing and living a 'normal' life, and I just showed one of the neighbors my wings!
I sighed heavily and turned around. Jeez, how do I explain this, over even cover it up? What if she'd told someone or even everyone? I went faster, using my warp drive, which I seemed to be using a lot lately.
I flew right in the open window to my bedroom. And landed with a hard thunk on the floor. I knew several people downstairs had probably looked around, wondering what that noise was.
"Ow, ow, ow!" One of my wings had clipped the side of the window. I gritted my teeth and pulled my right wing around, and began to try to rub the pain out. Then realized I was being watched by and openmouthed Stephanie. As well as Destiny and Sarah.
I even heard Destiny whisper a few swear words.
"Um…" I said, but that's all I was able to get out. I rubbed my wing again. That'd really hurt. I should've pulled them in earlier, instead of waiting until the absolute last second, because the result had hurt.
"You have—You have—wings!" Sarah gasped, pointing.
"Uh, yeah." I said, as if it were completely obvious. Wait, it was completely obvious.
I squirmed uncomfortably. I really didn't want to be in this position.
"Do your brothers and sisters know?" Destiny demanded.
"Um…" I said again.
"They don't know, do they?" Stephanie asked, speaking up for the first time.
"Um…" was all I was able to say.
"Don't worry, your secret's safe with us." Destiny said sincerely. I snorted softly, where none of them could hear. This was entertaining. They thought I was the only one that had wings. And that the flock or my—parents—didn't know. I forced the word out, trying to complete my train of thought. I hadn't ever considered Jeb my father, except for maybe way back when, when he was good.
"Yeah, don't worry. We won't tell." Stephanie added, with Sarah nodding vigorously.
"Nick knows though, doesn't he? When you went up on the roof, you showed him, right?" Stephanie asked. I shrugged.
"Nick knows what?" Fang asked, pushing the door open. Since I knew him so well, I knew that he wasn't feeling better by any means, but his face was impassive, so nobody else could tell. But I saw the barest tightening of his jaw as he moved, the hardness in his eyes. And I could tell just by looking at his face that he knew exactly what we were talking about.
I shrugged and held out my hurting wing.
"Oh. That." He said with fake surprise. He was acting like he hadn't gotten used to seeing the wings yet.
I struggled to keep a straight face. Fang didn't, but that's only 'cause he's Fang.
The pain was slowly easing out of my wing. Very, very slowly.
"But none of us will tell anybody anything." Sarah said quickly. I gave a tiny smile, that was supposed to be tentative.
Suddenly, the whole flock, including Total, came rushing in.
"Max!" Nudge said, relief coloring her tone.
"Um, what?" I asked, puzzled.
"We heard that loud noise and thought something happened to you!" Gazzy explained.
I snorted. "Yeah, right. I wouldn't be the one on the floor." I said with a laugh.
Iggy chuckled. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm rolling my eyes, Ig." I informed him, then remembered that we weren't alone.
"Uh, Max? You forgot to, um, hide, you, uh…" Destiny trailed off.
Abruptly, Fang and I couldn't hold in our laughter any more. We both collapsed on the floor, clutching our sides.
"You guys…think…that…they…don't know?" I said in between giggles, tears streaming out of my eyes.
Fang laughed harder, and the flock looked at me, confusion on all of their surprisingly clean faces.
"Hey guys! Guess…what?" I said with mock seriousness, the last sentence broken by a giggle.
"I have wings!" I said, collapsing with laughter again. The flock roared with laughter in harmony with me and Fang, while that three girls looked completely lost.
I was suddenly serious. "Thanks anyway. But we're outta here." I said, and hopped to my feet.
Total trotted up to me, and then hopped nimbly onto the window seat, then out of the window, his little black wings barely keeping him aloft for a moment. Next was Angel, with her pure white wings looking exactly as an angel's would. Nudge and Gazzy, the Iggy. Finally it was just Fang and I. He squeezed my shoulder, then leapt out.
I turned back to the three normal girls, with three normal lives. That I've never had, and never will have.
"If anyone asks, we went down to the beach." I said then jumped out of the window.
I flew quickly to my flock, which was way up above me.
"What was that about?" Iggy asked from just above me.
"Um, I kind of got mad and then flew off. And hurt my wing coming back. And they thought you guys didn't know I had wings." I snorted.
They laughed. I winced at my right wing. Of course I had to bruise one of its bones right after I had healed from a gunshot wound. Fang's voice snapped me out of it.
"Max? Your wing's bleeding." He said matter-of-factly. Huh?
I looked over at my right wing. And then I gasped. It sure was bleeding. Really bad. Jeezum, that's why I was flying so weird and off balance. I faltered again and dropped about twenty feet. A bone felt broken. And it'd be really bad if I fell. We were too high up. Hitting the water would break a lot of bones.
I was losing a lot of blood. I noticed that too late, seeing the trail of blood flowing out behind me. My eyelids fluttered. Oh no. No, I couldn't fall! I had…to…stay…up…
I was losing consciousness, and fast.
I began dropping like a stone.
"Max!!" Fang's voice barely reached my ears.
I saw him swoop down after me, trying to catch me, not even bothering to call to Iggy for help. But I was going too fast. He'd just get hurt.
"No…" I whispered faintly.
I really didn't want Fang to get hurt.
His arms wrapped around me just as I hit the water.
Bones cracked. It hurt, but only for a moment, and then just blackness.
--
--
--
*Cackles maniacally* Another cliffy! And I failed to mention that I found out that there was going to be a sixth Maximum Ride, called The Sky Is Falling. It's supposed to come out March 15, next year. And now I bid you all adieu! Reviews are niiiiice!